Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-06-26
One Of the Important Ben
eats that h Reserved
fer New States.
A Donation OF Thirty Thous-
and Acres Of Public Land
for Each Senator and
Representative.
A ComPIsts Review Ct the Laws Re-
iating 70 the sabieet-wksrs
shall Oar College be LoeMssdP

be Of more immediate advaafage than
the generous eonation Of public lands
10 which ID viii be entitled for the sup
port Of m AgrisaltaFal College. Prop
exiy handed, the ninssy shoasand or
more acres Of land that will come 10
the territory npon its ad@issiOn, viii
fern the hasis Of q fund Of ever
inersasina valus, which will, as the
years 20 By, adequately endow 3 col
lees, which shall be q credit % the state
and Q source Of great benent 10 Ia esti
zens. Inasm1eh O. the laws regarding
the grants are diffeuIt Of convenient
access. and 90 there are certain eondi
tions attached TO the grant. Q full 70
view Of the laws upon the subject can
hardly fail 10 be Of interest and valae.
THIS Ia particularly true because no
time should be Lost In placing ourselves
| In position 20 receive the bene6t OF
the laws.
Ths frst act NEON the subiesa vas
| passed July 2. 1852, and from its title
IVES evidently intended 10 apply 10 Ter
Fitogiea a. well 40 States. The terms Of
| the grant, however, wera such a. to
debar Territories from being included.
Tue oct which is contained In Volume
/ IL OF the Uniked States Statutes Of
Large, 10 entitled: "Au Act donating
Public Lands to the several States and
Territories which may provide Colleges
for the benefit of AQFisalsurs aud Ne
ohanie Arts." It reads a. foiIowe:
| Be q saaeted By the Ssa0ts aad HOsIss
Of Representatives. Of the Uaitsd States
Of AsssrGsa, ~ Congrsss AssspbIed, That
there be granted 20 the several States.
for the purposes hereinafter mentioned,
an amount Of public land 10 be appoF-
toned 10 each State, q quantity equal
| 10 thirty thousand acres for each Sena-
tor end Representative In CONGRESS, 10
which the States are respectively en-
titled by the appoEtionmeat under she
census Of 1880; prosided, that no mine
raj lands shall be selected or purchased
under the provisions Of this act.
Sec. 2. AHd Be q further eHactsf, That
| the land aforesaid, after being sur
veyea, shall be epporsioned to the sew
erai States 10 sections. or subdivisions
Of sections NOS lees than one quarter Of
q section; and wherever there are pub
lie lands subject 10 sale at private entry
at one deIlaR and twenty-five cents per
acre, the quantity 10 which said State
shall be entitled shall be selected from
such lands within the limits of such
State, and the Secretary of she Interior
Is hereby directed to issue to each Of the
States In watch there 10 not the quantity
Of pubic lands subject to sale ct pri-'
vate entry ct one dollar and twenty Eve
cents per acre, TO which said State may
BE- entitled under the provisions Of this
ACT, land scrip TO the amount in acres
for she deficiency Of lie distributivs
share, said scrip to be sold by said
States and the proceeds thereof sppIied
TO the uses and purposes prescribed In
this act, and for no other use or p0T-
pose whatsoever provided, that in no
case shall any State 70 which land scrip
may thus be issued be allowed TO locate
the same within the limits Of Rny other
State, or OF any TerFiteFy Of the Uaited
States, but their assignees may thus To-
cate said land scrip upon any OF the un-
appropriated lands Of the United States
subject 10 sale al private entry ct one
delleE and twenty-five cents. or less, per
acre; AID provided further, that not more
than one million acres shall be located
by such assignees In any one OF the
States; and prOrided fsrther, that no
such location shall be made before one
year from the passage Of this act.
Sec. 5. AHd Be 10 further enacted, That
all the expenses OF MANAGEMENT, %
pertntendenoe and taxes from date of
selection Of said lands previous to their
aales, and all expenses incurred in the
management and disbursement of the
moneys which may be received there
from shall be paid by the State 10 which
they belong out Of the treasury of said
States, % that the entire proceeds of
the sale Of Eaid lands shall be applied
without any aiminution whatever 10 the
crposes hereinafter mentioned.
Sec. 4. And be q farther saaeted, That
all moneys derived from the sale Of the
lands 90 aforesaid by the States 10
which the lands are apportioned. and
from the sales Of land scrip hereinba-
fore provided for, shall be invested In
stocks Of the United States, or of the
States. or some other safe stocks, YIELD
ina not less than ave per centum upon
the par value Of said stocks; aud that
the moneys 90 invested shall constitute
perpetual fund the capital Of which
shall remain forever undiminiahed lex
cept 90 far as may be provided IN SEQ
ton 9th Of this act) and the interest
OF which shall be inviolably appropFi-
ated, by each State which may take and
claim the benedt Of this act, TO the en-.
| dowment, support and maintenance Of
ai least one college where the LEADING
object shall be, without excluding other
scientific and chemical stadies, and in
Guiding military TACTICS, TO teach such
branches OF learning a. are related 10
agriculture and the mechanic arts In
such manner as the Legislatures Of the
States may respectively provide, in
order TO promote the liberal and prae-
teal education of the industrial CLASSES
In the several pursuits and professions
In life.
sec. 5. AAd Be- It farther saaete,i, That
the grant Of land and LAID scrip hereby
authorized shall be made on the follow
ting conditions. 10 which as we'll a. 10
the provision hereinbefore cantains d, |
the previous assent Of the several States |
shall be sieuiied BY legislative acts:
First-If any portion OF the fund in
vested, a. provided by the foregoing |
section. or any portion OF the interesa /
thereon, shall by any aotioa OF contin- |
gency be diminished oF lssa, ID shall be
replaced BY the State 20 which il BE-
longs. % THAI the capital of the fand
Snail Ke1n4&1 AokS*eS 0n0Im1Ri8o6ot ana
the annual interest shall be regularly
applied without elimination 10 the puF-
poses mentioned IN the fourth section of
this aes, exoept thai sum not exeeed-
ina ten per esntum npon the Rmount
received By any State under the pFovi-
SOMA Of this set may be expended for
parchasa Of lands for sites or expert
mental farms Whenever authorized BY
he respective Legislatures Of said
States
Second-Ns portion Of said fund, nor
the interest," theroon, shall be appiied
directly OF indirectly undsR any pre-
tense whatever b the purchase, cree
sien, preservation, OF repair Of any
baildina or buildinRs-
Third-Any State which may take
and claim the bsneft Of the provisions
Of this ass shAIl provide. within aTs
years. al least NOD les than one college,
a. described n the fourth section Of
this ast, or tins grant 10 sneh State shall
cease; and sAid State shall be board 10
pay the United STATED the amoans re-
aeived Of any lands previously sold ,
and thaa the title 10 purchasers under
TIE state shall be valid.
RoaEth-An annual report shall be /